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Response To "One Year After Dondi: Time To Get Back To Litigating?", Thomas M. Reavley
Response To "One Year After Dondi: Time To Get Back To Litigating?", Thomas M. Reavley
Pepperdine Law Review
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One Year After Dondi: Time To Get Back To Litigating?, William A. Brewer Iii, Francis B. Majorie
One Year After Dondi: Time To Get Back To Litigating?, William A. Brewer Iii, Francis B. Majorie
Pepperdine Law Review
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Rambo Litigators: Pitting Aggressive Tactics Against Legal Ethics, Thomas M. Reavley
Rambo Litigators: Pitting Aggressive Tactics Against Legal Ethics, Thomas M. Reavley
Pepperdine Law Review
No abstract provided.
The T-Rex Without Teeth: Evolving Strickland V. Washington And The Test For Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, Robert R. Rigg
The T-Rex Without Teeth: Evolving Strickland V. Washington And The Test For Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel, Robert R. Rigg
Pepperdine Law Review
In Strickland v. Washington the United States Supreme Court formulated the test for determining whether counsel in a criminal case is ineffective. When the Court decided Strickland it created a doctrine of enormous proportions, but with little impact--a legal tyrannosaurus rex without teeth. In the last decade, by using American Bar Association (“ABA”) standards to evaluate counsel's performance, the Court has given the T-Rex some sizable incisors. The purposes of this article are to: (1) determine how frequently the United States Supreme Court uses ABA standards in its decisions and describe briefly for what purposes the Court uses those standards; …